Other TV irritations (for me at least) include the use of the present tense when referring to historic events and referring to people using names or titles that they used later than the events being described.
An example of the latter, in a programme last night when telling about events in the early 1930s the future king Edward VIII was referred to as "Edward" and sometimes as "The Duke of Windsor". He was the Prince of Wales then and that title should have been used. He was only "Edward" when he was king and only became the Duke after abdicating.
Or should I say that he is only Edward when he is king and becomes Duke when he abdicates.
